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The article reports on the efforts of the Library Association of Ireland and the #ebooksSOS campaign to raise awareness of the issue of publishers pulling ebooks from digital collections. It also mentions the success of Blind SA in persuading the South African High Court to amend the country's Copyright Act to make adequate provision for blind and visually impaired people to access books.

The article highlights the theme of the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference, emphasizing "Information Everywhere," with discussions on the challenges of the pandemic on people's daily lives. Invited speakers such as Annemaree Lloyd focused on the critical need for information resilience in an age of information ubiquity, stressing the importance of understanding and countering the impacts of algorithmic culture and bias.

The article presents news briefs as of January 1, 2018. Topics discussed include information on the website ScholarlyHub which provides access to research and papers and make scholarship across disciplines both visible and accessible; opening of Turkish library at the Yunus Emre Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa which promotes Turkish language and culture; and improvement in the National Digital Library of India (NDL India).

The article evaluates free web browser Unpaywall and Kopernio available on Internet search engine Google Chrome or FireFox of Google Inc., for accessing topics related to science and outlines its features.

The article discusses the intellectual aid provided to African nations, focusing on Uganda, through free or low-cost access to paid journals and books. It highlights organizations such as Research4Life, African Journals Online, Book Aid International, EIFL, individual publishers, and specialist organizations that contribute to enhancing access to research and knowledge in Africa.

The author offers information on content management in publishing industries with use of content strategies. He states the publishing industries need to put emphasis on the structure and processes to store and maintain contents rather than only creating books, reports, papers and articles. He mentions of sources for users to access materials including databases containing citations, abstracts and references, learning management systems and printed catalogs.

This section offers world news briefs as of July 1, 2022. Activists Brendan and Kahoa Corbett have raised funds and applied to some organizations to rebuild Tonga's first public library that was destroyed by a tidal wave in January. Electronic Information for Libraries has signed an agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) that provides free publishing for academic and research authors. The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries failed to reach an agreement with OUP.

The article discusses the challenges in the establishment of the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) as the public gateway to federal court documents in the U.S. The problems related to fees for accessing all but Supreme Court filings which have been criticized by lawyers, scholars, and the public ever since is tackled. The significant issues with the inclusion of Social Security numbers and other identifying information in the database are also explored.

The article discusses international report of wins and losses. Topics include researchers and scientists which covered by the deal which able to publish their work on the Elsevier platform; views of Elsevier's vice president of communications, Tom Reller on providing open access to the Norwegian articles; views of city's libraries and community spaces manager on structural vulnerabilities.